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Cynthia fixes her terrible, horrible, no good, very bad habit

I’ve worked with many athletes over the years who were incredibly negative about a lot of things they did in their competitive environment. One athlete, a soccer player in particular, was especially negative when it came to taking people on when she had the ball. Cynthia (whose name I have changed for confidentiality reasons) absolutely HATED […]

How a Mental Skills Program Helped One Player at a Professional Tryout

In this three part series we take a look at how three former collegiate student-athletes benefitted from a structured mental skills training program in their sport performance, injury rehabilitation, and life. In Part 2 we talked with Cazz Warren, a former D1 college soccer player about how adding a mental skills program to his training […]

Overcoming Injury Setbacks Through a Mental Skills Program

In this three part series we take a look at how three former collegiate student-athletes benefited from a structured mental skills training program in their sport performance, injury rehabilitation, and life. Jessi McCloy Current Position: Assistant Director of Development University of South Dakota A former Division 1 collegiate soccer player, all-league performer, two-year team captain, […]

Why Failure Needs To Be The First Step Towards Success

By Derrek Falor, M.Ed | SEP 15, 2014 It was a powerful moment when teary-eyed college soccer player, Brittany, walked off the field for the last time during her sophomore season. She felt as if she was solely responsible for her team’s season coming to close with a thud. Sobbing, she slowly trudged across the […]

Focus on YOU for Peak Performance

If concentration and mindfulness are the keys to performance excellence, then mistakes in concentration are the primary reason that athletes struggle performance-wise. Choking, slumps, performance problems, fears and lack of self-confidence can all be traced to the athlete's mental mistakes in focusing. If you want to develop mental toughness and start performing more to your […]

Coach, What Your Players Aren’t Telling You…

  Wouldn’t you love to know which of your players lost their first touches due to nerves rather than technique? How valuable would it be to know which of your players were more focused on the opponent rather than playing her role? How helpful would it be to know which of your players spent more […]